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CONVOY HX 287
Departed New York on Apr. 12-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 71 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
American
general
Leith Dock
From HX 286
Empire Gold
British
Tanker W
Barry Dock / Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
From HX 286
British Endurance
"
Tanker W
Mersey / Stanlow
From HX 286
John Colter
American
general
Manchester
–
George Steers
"
general
Manchester
–
George A. Marr
"
general
Glasgow / Manchester
–
John S. Bassett
"
general
Manchester
–
Kowel
Polish
sulphur
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 288
Isaac Shelby
American
general
Hull
–
J. E. B. Stuart
"
general
Liverpool / Milford Haven f. o. / Southampton / ?
–
James Woodrow
"
general
Mersey / Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Park Benjamin
"
general
Hull
–
Lillian Nordica
"
general
Liverpool
–
Lone Star
"
general
Liverpool
–
Hegira
"
general
London
Put into Halifax
Listed in HX 288
(Halifax portion)
Lookout
Panamanian
general
Glasgow
–
John F. Steffen
American
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
John Wise
"
general
Mersey f. o.
See Halifax section
John Merrick
"
general
Cardiff
–
Joseph Pulitzer
"
general
Cardiff
–
Fisher Ames
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 288
Thomas B. Robertson
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Joseph E. Johnston
"
general
Liverpool
–
Charles W. Eliot
"
general
Hull
–
John R. Park
"
general
Swansea
–
Jeremiah O'Brien
"
general
Newport
(Still around - see external links below)
Florence Crittenton
"
general
Cardiff
–
Louis Marshall
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Eleazar Wheelock
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Julius Rosenwald
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 288
Jane Long
"
general
Swansea
–
Thomas Johnson
"
general
Liverpool
–
Edward D. White
"
general
Manchester
–
Thomas Wolfe
"
general
Barry Dock
From HX 286
Robert Toombs
"
general
Liverpool / Manchester
From HX 286
Cyrus H. McCormick
"
general
Newport
–
George W. Goethals
"
general
Newport
–
Marina
British
general
Liverpool
–
Ignatius Donnelly
American
general
Immingham
From HX 286
James A. Farrell
"
general
Liverpool
–
Dan Beard
"
general
Liverpool
–
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
"
general
London
Listed in HX 288
Omar E. Chapman
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 288
Mataroa
British
refrig. - general
Avonmouth
–
Jamaica Planter
"
refrig. - general
Liverpool
–
F. J. Wolfe
"
Tanker B
Avonmouth
Listed in HX 289
British Resolution
"
Tanker W
Avonmouth / Mersey
–
Stanridge
"
sugar
Liverpool
–
Fort Bedford
"
sugar - general
London
–
Edward F. Johnson
"
Tanker W
Avonmouth
–
Neritina
"
Tanker W
Belfast f. o. / Dublin
–
Fort Wallace
"
lumber - general
London
–
Kaituna
"
general
Liverpool / Swansea
–
Fort Kaskaskia
"
sugar
London
–
Eclipse
"
Tanker W
Barry Dock
Returned to New York
Listed in HX 288
Longwood
"
Tanker B
Bowling
Listed in HX 288
San Adolfo
"
Adm. tanker B
Scapa
–
Brimanger
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
–
Glarona
"
Tanker B
Stanlow
Listed in HX 288
Buenos Aires
"
general
Liverpool
–
Gallia
"
Tanker W
Avonmouth
From HX 286
Gerard Dou
Dutch
sugar
Liverpool
–
Fjordaas
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth)
–
Marit II
"
Tanker B
Clyde / Ardrossan
–
Katy
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Franz Klasen
Panamanian
Tanker W
Avonmouth / Mersey
–
Jacob Thompson
American
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
John A. Sutter
"
general
Hull
–
Evita
Norwegian
Tanker B
Clyde
–
John E. Sweet
American
general - steel
Hull
–
James Caldwell
"
general
Cardiff
–
George Dewey
"
general
Manchester
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Apr. 14
Karamea
British
general - meats
Avonmouth
–
Galveston
American
general - sand ballast
Swansea
(See also HX 282)
Bayano
British
meats - metal - asbestos - mail
Mersey f. o.
(Shows up again in HX 294)
H. G. Blasdel
American
general - flour
Manchester
From HX 286
Henry S. Lane
"
general - grain
Avonmouth
From HX 286
Hannibal Hamlin
"
general
Immingham
–
John Wise
"
general
Newport
–
Kansan
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Manchester Progress
British
general - mail
Manchester
–
Westmount Park
"
general - flour
Manchester
–
Matthew J. O'Brien
American
grain - general
Avonmouth
–
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Pinto - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram)

Notes:
Commodore, Captain H. J. Anchor, R.N.R. was in Jamaica Planter.

The Rescue Vessel Pinto was on her 3rd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on March 15-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 228, to Halifax March 30, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 287, Apr. 14-Apr. 25.

Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.

All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

Empire Ships

Fort, Park and Ocean ships

Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944

Jeremiah O'Brien

More Jeremiah O'Brien

National Liberty Ship Memorial (Jeremiah O'Brien)

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